Reel or swift for use in the winding of textile yarns



Nov. 15, 192 7.

J.H.$TUBBS REEL OR SWIFT FOR USE IN THE WINDING OF TEXTILE YARNS FiledDeb. 2 .1925

- MMJ AM I 9 Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

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BEEL DR SWIFT USE'IH THE VJINDEN TEXTILE YARNS.

Application filed December 24, 1925, Serial No. 77,534=,and in GreatBritain October 1, 1985.

This invention relates to reels or swifts on" which yarns are to bewound or on which they are to be placedin the hank form for rewindingtherefrom, and is particularly ap- I pllcable to swlft-s whereonartificial silk,

yarns are to be wound from the package 111 which the said yarns havebeen spun, for instance, a cake as it comes from the spinning box in oneof the viscose processes. The artificial silk at that stage is veryliable to damage, being fragile and having little cohesion, and suchdamage does take place in removing the wound'hank from the swift for thesubsequent treatment necessary.

My invention has for object a means for ensuring that a hunk may besafely removed from a swift without danger of rupture of any of the yarncoils, and in carrying the said invention into effect fo in the swiftwith arms which are all slidable radially, with means for sliding sucharms simultaneously. A hank can thus after winding be left absolutelyloose on the yarn bearing nuns, for easy removal. i

Although the invention is exceedingly useful for the purpose juststated, it can be equally well applied, as will be understood, to reelson which hanks of any fragile yarn have to be placed for winding off, assuch hanks can be safely and rapidly put in position on the reels bysliding the reel arms inwardly, and then outwardly after the hank is inposition to tighten the latter sufiiciently. i

The invention, in a very convenient manner of carrying it into effect,in a swift for the winding into hanks of artificial yarns, will now bedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a side elevation of a swift showing the arms in two positions; andFigure 2 is a horizontal cross section taken centrally of Figure 1.

Referring to the figures, 3 is a squared driving shaft having thecircular necks f two discs 5 being secured on this squared shaft by thegrub screws 6. These discs will be referred to later. The hub 7 of theswift is of wood, this hub having a central b re. On each end of thishub are screwed the hub flanges 8 each flange being of sheet metal andhaving their peripheral edges turned over as shown in the figures, theturned over edges being slotted as at 9 for the passage of a swift arm10 and to main tain the same vagainst angular movement in relation tothe hub. Each hub flange 8 is radially, slotted as at 11 and the innerend of each arm 10 of the swift is returned at 12-see Figure 2and entersa slot 11 being slidably securedtherein by the distance col lar18, andthe nut lei. Guides. 15 are punched from the metal of each hub flange oneither side of 21111 10, these punched out guides 15 being perpendicularto the face of the flange Holes 16 may be punched iii-each hub fiaiige 8for lightness.

Upon each returned end 12 of an arm 10, and held in place thereon by thedistance piece or collar 13 and the nut 1th, is pivoted the end of alink 17 the other end of which is pivoted upon a headed screw 18 in thead jacent disc 5. Normally, when the arms 10 are fully extendedoutwardly, a slot 11., an arm 10, and a link 1? lie on the same radiusline of a hub flange 8.

To one of the discs 5 is secured as shown in the figures an arm 19,cranked so that its free end lies closely adjacent to the hub flange onthat side, and having fitted on the said free end the handle 20. A pinor'the like 21 on the cranked arm fits, by the re silienoy of the metalof such arm 19, within either of two holes 22 and 23 in the adjacent hubflange. More than two such holes may be provided. c

As thus described and as shown in full lines in Figure 1 and in sectionin Figure 2, the arms are fully extended and the swift is in the Windingposition. To remove a wound hank, handle 20 is pulled away from the hubflange 8, the wooden hub 7 is firmly grasped and the disc 5 to which thehandle is attached is given angular motion, the disc on the other sidereceiving the same motion. The swift arms 10 are thus drawn inwardly,and the links 17 and swift arms 10 assume the position shownin dottedlines in Figure position of the arms 10, the yarns are shown in dottedlines.

For clearness 01 description I have referred to the arms 10 on each sideof the swift as being separate. Two opposing arms hm'veVer arepreferably formed in one, the central portion being cased With ehoniteor like materiel which will Withstand the action of the corrosive acidsin artificial silk yarns as they come from the spinning process.

I claim its a means the winding fragile yarns into or ozn hanl: form, asquared driving shaft, discs fixed upon the said shaft, 2 centraltubular Wooden hub mounted upon the shaft between the discs and havingend flanges concentric with the s id discs, the shaft being capable ofangular lnoveinent relatively to the hub and its i'lang'es when the saidhub is held to prevent its movement, a spring handle With pin mounted onone of the discs and adapted to engage in holes formed on radii'of anadjacent hub flange, arms radial to the hub and hearing yarn carryingsurfaces at their outer ends the inner ends being returned and suchreturned ends slidebly engaging in radial slots in the hub flanges,means for slidably securing the returned ends Within such radiel slots,supports inthe flanges to preserve the radial relation of the armsthereto, and a pivoted link between each such arm and a point on 1-:radius of an adjacent driving shaft disc.

.In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand, 7

JOSEPH HETHERINGTQN STUBBS.

